A fascinating oddity in the list of potential alternative power sources is the microbial fuel cell, in which the chemical reactions of micro-organisms digesting their food are harnessed to harvest ...

And we brought that mud back to the lab and set up a microbial fuel cell with my colleague Professor Keith Scott, who is an expert on microbial fuel cells. And it was kind of interesting.

A microbial fuel cell is exactly what it sounds like, a fuel cell powered by microbes. I have to admit, I’d never heard of a microbial fuel cell until recently (or maybe I had, but it just didn’t ...

Microbial fuel cells are devices that use the natural processes of certain bacteria to turn organic matter into electricity. There are other ways of producing bioenergy, including anaerobic ...

Significant progress in developing microbial fuel cells has been made by scientists, which rely on bacteria to generate an electrical current, that are cheaper and more efficient.

A micron-sized microbial fuel cell that contains multilayer graphene and works using saliva or other waste liquids has been created by researchers in Saudi Arabia and the US. The device, which is ...

Move over, potato batteries: DIY microbial fuel cells are here to stay! A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a device that uses bacteria in an anaerobic (oxygen-poor) environment to convert chemical ...

The microbial fuel cell incorporates exoelectrogenic bacteria that, in the process of oxidizing organic matter, transfer electrons outside their cells to the anode and release protons into the ...

Researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have built a urinal that uses microbial fuel cells to turn urine into electricity to run lights and phones. To make sure it's ...

A new Plant-Microbial Fuel Cell technology developed at Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands generates electricity from the roots of living plants without affecting their growth.

Hydrogen fuel cells could someday meet a host of industrial energy needs, but it's difficult and dirty to produce hydrogen using current methods. A new type of microbial fuel cell can power itself ...

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